Author Topic: Debian with Xqt (Read 115633 times)

unplug · « **Reply #120 on:** December 30, 2004, 02:43:27 pm »

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when I ran the postinstall script from the debian package

I am confused!! Which postinstall script? I follow the instructions on this page
Xqt-Debian
And it says:

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Download the package http://pocketworkstation.org/files/zaurus-...n-big-v0.17.tgz after reading the page from Klaus and doing things as he explains UNTIL the instruction
"./debroot/INSTALL.d/postinst.sh".
DON'T DO THAT

So I only unzip the package and put it in my CF card. I did not run any postinstall script. Do I miss anything? Is there any post give detail instruction of installing XQt and Debian on the same page? I found myself referencing several different posts and website for this. Thanks.

hatchetman · « **Reply #121 on:** December 30, 2004, 04:53:15 pm »

If your going to use X/Qt with Debian, you don't want to run the postinstall script. You didn't miss anything.

I've tried to compile everything I know from reading a lot these posts into one spot. If I missed something, please take advantage of the wiki and add onto it.

http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?PocketWorkstation-XQT

jaja · « **Reply #122 on:** December 30, 2004, 09:49:39 pm »

Great work hatchetman!
The stuff you put together is REALLY good, and as far i as know
cover pretty much everything i have seen around.

Thanks for the good work.

sharppda · « **Reply #123 on:** December 31, 2004, 03:32:25 am »

Hi smuelas,

The link to your xmodmaprc file is down again. Could you or anybody
please just post it in the forum?

Thanks

nmos · « **Reply #124 on:** December 31, 2004, 03:58:22 am »

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If your going to use X/Qt with Debian, you don't want to run the postinstall script. You didn't miss anything.

Well, it's mostly a matter of taste. The postinst.sh script takes care of some things that you'll have to handle manually or make your own scripts for otherwise (mounting the proc file system in the chroot enviornment etc). It also gives you a handy script in /usr/local/bin that handles setting DISPLAY and firing up your window manager etc. Of course it's not a big deal to do this yourself.

hatchetman · « **Reply #125 on:** December 31, 2004, 10:50:33 am »

You can find the xmodmap file on google's cache still
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:7T1Kd...firefox&strip=1

I also threw up a copy up on my geocities account
http://www.geocities.com/hatchetman1618/60...prc-smuelas.txt

smuelas · « **Reply #126 on:** December 31, 2004, 11:39:38 am »

Thanks a lot, hatchetman, for the great job that you are doing with all this stuff.
With this wonderful "group-spirit" it is easy to do anything... :-)
smuelas

unplug · « **Reply #127 on:** January 01, 2005, 06:43:13 pm »

I used hatchetman's instructions to install xqt and debian again on my 6000L. The installation worked find and it generated an icon: pocket workstation. When I clicked it, I got this screen:
[img]http://aect.ed.psu.edu/kqy1/before.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /]

But when I clicked on icewm, I got
[img]http://aect.ed.psu.edu/kqy1/after.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /]

it's very similar to what I got when I followed smuelas' instructions. Don't know how to fix this. Can anyone give a clue?

sharppda · « **Reply #128 on:** January 01, 2005, 07:51:30 pm »

it is the font setting
search /etc/X11/icewm
and /root/.icewm

to correct font setting

some prevoius post talked about it

.5pt font works fine on mine except
the menu font of firefox.

hatchetman · « **Reply #129 on:** January 01, 2005, 08:34:23 pm »

Reading the old posts I made note of where some of the font posts where made.

https://www.oesf.org/forums/inde...indpost&p=51738
https://www.oesf.org/forums/inde...indpost&p=53006
https://www.oesf.org/forums/inde...indpost&p=53098
https://www.oesf.org/forums/inde...indpost&p=53006

This might make life easier when trying to shuffle through this huge thread.

I have been playing around a lot with creating a package that does a lot of the work for you setting up. It installs the .xinitrc to the systemwide file and is modified for English. Then also there is the script that creates the swap and startup script. If it's causing problems maybe I'll remove it and put back the explanation of how to do it manually. If you didn't use the package though I couldn't guess what's causing the problems. If you DID though, let me know if any errors popped up and I'll try to fix it.

I don't like to think of it as my website, it's a community page I added onto. So someone knows a fix for this font problem, please add on it!

unplug · « **Reply #130 on:** January 02, 2005, 12:56:13 am »

To sharppda:
I read previous post about the font size. But there is no /homt/root/.icewm in my debroot. Under debroot/etc/X11/icewm, there are several files but I can't find any line with "FontNameXft =" (I used /FontNameXft in vi). So there may be something wrong.

To hatchetman,

first off, thanks for the great effort of doing those instructions. They are GREAT! As I was following the new installation steps, a coupld of feedbacks on them:

1. When I installed xqt for test feed, it also installed freetype 2.1.5-1
2. It installed xqt-server 1.9.0 which will not work. So I had to uninstall it and installed 0.0.10 manually.
3. You suggested to use .debroot instead debroot. However, in some places, there are still debroot, not .debroot.

Well, I am still wrestling with it in this new year weekend. My current status is it does not fired up at all, worse than last time.

unplug · « **Reply #131 on:** January 02, 2005, 02:10:59 am »

Sorry guys! I feel I am totally stupid. I still can't start debian. Here is another screen shot
[img]http://aect.ed.psu.edu/kqy1/anothertry.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /]

It started for a couple of seconds and then the sandglass icon was gone.

This time I manually install all required packages using "Add/Remove software"
# xqt-server 0.0.10
# xqt-fonts-misc 4.3.0-3
# xbase-client 4.3.0-3
# xbase-etc 4.3.0-3
# xlibs 4.3.0-3

And then
# xqt-pocketworkstation-scripts 0.0.3-3

I also followed the steps and did the modifications.

hatchetman · « **Reply #132 on:** January 02, 2005, 02:28:54 am »

It sounds like chroot environment isn't being started. Do you have any kind of passwords set on your root user? Do you have a startd file in your debroot directory?

unplug · « **Reply #133 on:** January 03, 2005, 12:44:24 pm »

I flashed my 6000, installed vnc and terminal. Then I installed all the packages (xqt-server, xqt-fonts-misc, xbase-client, xbase-etc, xlibs)
without any problem. I also created/did the required modification. I encountered a problem about missing libfreetype.so.6 when I type startx in a terminal. I could not execute from the debian icon.

After I installed freetype, this error is gone. But I got a new error:
/opt/QtPalmtop/bin/Xqt: error while loading shared libraries: libz.so.1: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory.

I noticed that the version of xbase-client, xbase-etc, and xlibs are now 4.3.0-3, newer than what I was using. Is this causing the problem?

taronish · « **Reply #134 on:** January 04, 2005, 01:41:22 pm »

Ok, I have gone ahead and set this up, but I am still having one nagging issue, and frankly it is kind of embarrassing, since I have used unix for years (but no longer X, for the last 8 or more).

On my SL-6000L, the xmodmap command in the debroot/startd script proscribed by the debian wiki page on this (http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?PocketWorkstation-XQT) does not have any effect. It is indeed being run, but it seems I must manually run xmodmap from an xterm, after which it seems to stick.

Can anyone imagine why this is happening ? Like I said, xmodmap in startd does seem that it is being run ...

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